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Abstalón, adba na ríg

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beg. Abstalón, adba na ríg

Late Middle Irish poem on the beheading of St John the Baptist by Mog Ruith.

An n-aidchi geni Críst chain

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15 st.

beg. An n-aidchi geni Críst chain

Anum ó téid as a corp

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beg. Anum ó téid as a corp

Late Middle Irish poem (9 + 4 qq) on the seven days’ journey, or seven journeys, of the soul after it leaves the body.

Babilóin roclos hi céin

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22 st.

beg. Babilóin roclos hi céin

Poem (22 stanzas) in the Sex aetates mundi.

Becca na delba acht delb Dé

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11 st.

beg. Becca na delba acht delb Dé

Middle Irish poem (11 qq) on the personal appearances of Christ and his apostles.

Cenn ard Adaim étrocht rád

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3 st.

beg. Cenn ard Adaim, étrocht rád

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

(d. 1016)

Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

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Brief Middle Irish poem on the origin and composition of Adam’s head and other body parts (head from ‘the land of Garad’, belly from Laban/Lodain, etc.). The copy in MS Rawlinson B 502 occurs as part of a poem on the Psalter (beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch) and is directly followed by an additional quatrain with an ascription to Airbertach mac Coisse (d. 1016), saying that he translated the poem from Latin into Irish.

Cethrar cóic fichit iar fír

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beg. Cethrar cóic fichit iar fír

Poem on Adam's 124 children

Cétna laithe tairiraith

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9 st.

beg. Cétna laithe tairiraith

Moelmoedóc mac DiarmadaMoelmoedóc mac Diarmada

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Middle Irish poem (9 qq) on the seven journeys of the soul after if leaves the body. It is found in the Leabhar Breac, where it is attributed to Moelmoedóc Ua Mongair but internally, in the final quatrain, to Moelmoedóc mac Diarmada, possibly referring to the abbot of Glen Uissen (Killeshin, Co. Laois) (ob. 917).

Clanna Israél uili

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43 st.

beg. Clanna Israél uili

Flann Fína mac OssuFlann Fína mac Ossu

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Early Irish poem ascribed to Flann Fína mac Ossu, which relates how Mog Ruith beheaded John the Baptist.

Deichdúan na h-eisséirge

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beg. Ba cóir do cach crístaide

A group of ten Middle Irish poems on the week before Judgment Day, which is found as an addition at the end of Saltair na rann.

Do secht n-ingantaib déc in domain in adaig ro génir Críst

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Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

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63 st.

beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

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48 st.

beg. Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

Old Irish metrical version (48 qq) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is preserved in a late manuscript (NLI MS G 50) only. It relates a number of deeds which Jesus is supposed to have performed as an infant, such as the creation of sparrows out of clay, his encounters with boys thwarting him, his revelations to the scholar Zacharias and various miracles. The Irish poem may have been based on an Old Latin version, which ultimately goes back to a Greek or Syriac text.

Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill

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beg. Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill

Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair

verse

beg. Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

(d. 1016)

Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

Poem on the Midianites (Book of Numbers 31).

Saltair na rann

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1,947 st.

Middle Irish verse composition giving accounts of biblical history, from the time of Creation to the resurrection of Christ. It is divided into 150 cantos of varying lengths, ranging from just 3 quatrains to as many as 138.

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